Martina Hingis famous quotes

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
-- Martina Hingis

#Mom #Way #My Mom

I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better.
-- Martina Hingis

What rivalry? I win all the matches.
-- Martina Hingis

#Winning #Tennis #Rivalry

A lot of these young girls, they dont even know what the game is about. They have never seen a drop shot, a slice and all the mixture and variety I have.
-- Martina Hingis

#Girl #Games #Mixtures

I am number one in the world, so I have the right to be arrogant
-- Martina Hingis

#Numbers #Arrogant #World

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.
-- Martina Hingis

#Kids #Tennis #Afternoon

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.
-- Martina Hingis

#Balls #Anticipation #Reactions

I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.
-- Martina Hingis

#Parent #Speak #Born

I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.
-- Martina Hingis

#Thinking #Years #Two

I did things I should not have done. But people make mistakes, especially at my age, when you feel you are so smart, but in fact you are an asshole.
-- Martina Hingis

#Mistake #Smart #People

And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.
-- Martina Hingis

#Finals

I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
-- Martina Hingis

#Thinking #Victory #Finals

Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.
-- Martina Hingis

#News #Computer #Internet

I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.
-- Martina Hingis

#Years #Switzerland #Speak

I'm sure she wants revenge. I'll just try not to let that happen.
-- Martina Hingis

#Revenge #Trying #Want

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.
-- Martina Hingis

#Baseball #Hockey #Player

He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you.
-- Martina Hingis

#Father #People #Want

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
-- Martina Hingis

#Girl #Fitness #Mind

I've never had big problems about being long on the court. During the U.S. Open I played three events (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and some people asked me if I want to stay overnight on the court.
-- Martina Hingis

#People #Long #Events

Playing (Serena) it always felt like playing a steamroller. No subtlety, no finesse, just raw, loud power. To respect this style of play was always a bit tough for me, but of course I had to, because the rules of tennis dont state that having a beautiful game is required to become No. 1.
-- Martina Hingis

#Beautiful #Games #Play

Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'
-- Martina Hingis

#Color #Racism #Black

I still think I have the speed and the variations also to win the matches, but its very good competition and also a great challenge for me too.
-- Martina Hingis

#Thinking #Winning #Challenges

I went through very emotional things this year, like being in the French Open finals already feeling like you got it and kind of losing it.
-- Martina Hingis

#Emotional #Years #Feelings

When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there.
-- Martina Hingis

#Mother #Tennis #Clubs

I like fast cars. And I like champions.
-- Martina Hingis

#Car #Champion #Fast Car

We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.
-- Martina Hingis

#Sports #Czech Republic #Prague

That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.
-- Martina Hingis

#Jealousy #Sports #Athlete

Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers.
-- Martina Hingis

#Thinking #Giving #Important

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.
-- Martina Hingis

#Player #Differences #Making A Difference

I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.
-- Martina Hingis

#Cutting #Player #Games

I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.
-- Martina Hingis

#Sports #Attitude #Thinking

Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.
-- Martina Hingis

#Sports #Beats #Feels

The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.
-- Martina Hingis

#Sports #Games #Stronger

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.
-- Martina Hingis

#Play #People #Tennis

Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image.
-- Martina Hingis

#Home #Wells

The older you get, the more you learn.
-- Martina Hingis

Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.
-- Martina Hingis

#Winning #Want

One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You have to work for that.
-- Martina Hingis

#Jobs #Kids #Play

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.
-- Martina Hingis

#Sports #Stories #Wnba

No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too.
-- Martina Hingis

#Beauty #Believe #Thinking

I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.
-- Martina Hingis

#Horse #Tennis #Underdog

Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.
-- Martina Hingis

#Want #Sometimes